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Thursday, 14 November 2013

New UFO Biography-"High Stakes & Dangerous MenBy Neil Daniels

Published 20th November

‘Your new bass player is lying on the floor completely out of it on
drink and drugs; he’ll fit in really well!’

(UFO manager telephoning Phil Mogg)

Life in
UFO has never been dull, that’s for sure. The group has a reputation for
partying as hard as it rocks, and controversy has never been too far away. Numerous
line-up changes, splits, reunions and in-fighting have been par for the course
but, 45 years after their formation, the band is still going from strength to
strength and, arguably, producing the best music of their career.

Top
metal writer Neil Daniels’ new book on UFO inevitably covers some of the ‘Spinal
Tap’ moments in the band’s history (and there have been plenty), but also
unashamedly puts the music centre stage.

Why not
too? This band has been an enormous
influence on so many of today’s top rockers: Metallica, Iron Maiden, Pearl Jam and Slash
from Guns N’ Roses, amongst others, are all admirers. The list of former
members is impressive: Michael Schenker, Pete Way, Larry Wallis, Bernie Marsden, Paul Chapman, Billy Sheehan,
Jason Bonham, Aynsley Dunbar, Tommy McClendon and more.

High Stakes & Dangerous Menincludes a foreword by the American broadcaster
and author Eddie Trunk, and an afterword by British rock journalist Peter
Makowski. The book contains some rare and previously unseen photos.

Neil
Daniels is the author of over a dozen
books on rock and metal and has contributed to many music magazines, fanzines
and websites. Visit